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Navarro Voices Regret for Harsh Words About Canadian Leader

Angelo Bowers |Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Canada looks to ride out Trump trade storm

"The problem was that in conveying that message, I used language that was inappropriate and basically lost the power of that message", Mr. Navarro told the Wall Street Journal's CFO Network meeting, according to a recap of the session from the WSJ. "I have a good relationship with Justin Trudeau - I really did, other than he had a news conference that he had because he assumed I was in an airplane", the US president said at a news conference.

Those comments came after Trudeau's closing news conference at the G7 summit in Quebec on Saturday, when the prime minister said he had pushed back against the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Navarro made the comment about the prime minister on "Fox News Sunday", responding to a news conference Trudeau held at the Group of Seven summit last week.

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland warned Tuesday that Canada is prepared for anything, even as the USA considers auto tariffs that experts say would lead to a full-out trade war, harming both Canadian and American businesses.

At his closing G-7 press conference on Saturday, Trudeau called United States steel and aluminium tariffs "insulting" and pledged to proceed with previously announced retaliatory tariffs.

"He's giving a news conference about how he will not be pushed around by the United States".

Amid the high-stakes trade negotiations still under way between China and the United States, Beijing is moving full steam ahead with a strategy that one top White House adviser said was the target of USA trade action.

The United States has alienated Canada and other allies by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, arguing that they pose a threat to US national security.

On Tuesday, Trump kept up the attack on Trudeau. And I say, push him around?

After the G7 summit, Trump blasted Trudeau as "dishonest & weak", and a top Trump adviser said there was a "special place in hell" for the Canadian prime minster. "But you know, Trump threatened tariffs on steel and aluminum, and everybody said, 'Oh, well, you know he's not going to hit Canada, we're not a security threat.' And lo and behold, look what happened".

The president said he had a "good relationship with Justin".

Freeland said she had a "good conversation" Sunday with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and that the pair would try to meet in Washington this week. "(Trudeau) learned. You can't do that.

In response, Trudeau, who has vowed to defend the system, made a point of making an unannounced visit to a "downtown diner" set up near Parliament Hill by farmers to demonstrate the high-quality food supply management helps provide.

After leaving the meeting early, Trump tweeted that he was pulling United States support from a joint statement and he accused Trudeau of being weak and dishonest during a news conference.

And he confirmed that Canada would press ahead with dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on July 1 as previously announced.

Canada, she said, is still seeking a "win-win-win" NAFTA deal, while adding that Ottawa will remain "absolutely resolute in defense of the national interest".

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